Saturday, March 04, 2006
Ray's 1
9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006
by R.L. Wisdom Jr.
Woods
Grass
Untitled 35
9 x 12"
Acrylic and latex on thrice-painted canvas
(Untitled 24 below)
March 2006
Owner: Joseph Portera
Untitled 34
Untitled 33
11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006
Owners: Jill Newbold & J.J. Polk
Untitled 32
Why not hang it like a diamond?
10 x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006
$80
Mao? 31
Is this Mao with his face blacked out, as Joseph Portera suggested?
10 x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006
$25
Untitled 30
11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006
Owner: Mike Schlansker ("Dude")
Untitled 29
11 x 14"
Acrylic on twice-painted canvas
February 2006
$25
Untitled 28
16 x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006
*PAINTED OVER*
Untitled 27
9 x 9.5"
Acrylic on cardboard
February 2006
Brings to mind the sight of men waiting in line for gas in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Untitled 26
Untitled 25
Untitled 22
11 x 14"
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
January 2006
by Jack Randall
& R. L. Wisdom, Jr.
Possessor: Ryan Stookey
Untitled 21
4 x 6"
Acrylic and latex
on twice-painted on canvas
(Untitled 3 is underneath)
December 2005
Possessor: Brian A. Ebel
Untitled 20
8.5 x 11"
Acrylic on canvasboard
February 2004
Possessor: Justin Gdula
Untitled 19
4 x 6"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006
Possessor: Aron Potash
Untitled 18
8.5 x 11"
Acrylic, paper and pennies on cardboard
February 2004
Possessor: Joseph Portera
Untitled 17
27 x 27"
Acrylic and paper scraps on cardboard
January 2006
Untitled 15
9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006
Possessor: Nick B. Adams
Untitled 14
18 x 18"
Acrylic and post-its on cardboard
December 2005
Possessors: Graham and Star Baird
Untitled 13
12 x 14"
Acrylic and sharpie on cardboard
December 2005
$15
P & F 12
18 x 18"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessors: Brian F. & Evelyn M. Randall
Untitled 11
9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessor: Nicholas G. Randall
Untitled 10
18 x 18"
Acrylic and post-it notes on canvas
December 2005
$210
Iraq 9
12 x 12"
Acrylic on twice-painted canvas
December 2005
Possessor: Adam Edell
Ray 8
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessor: Ray Wisdom
Untitled 7
16 x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessors: Brian F. & Evelyn M. Randall
Untitled 6
12 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessor: Emily C. Randall
Untitled 5
4 x 6"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005
Possessor: Nalo M. Jackson
Untitled 4
Untitled 2
9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
November 2005
Possessor: James Taylor Upchurch IV
Untitled 1
4 x 6"
Acrylic on canvas
November 2005
Possessor: Evelyn M. Randall
Friday, March 03, 2006
Sessions
The following individuals have participated in impatientist sessions:
Ray Wisdom, January 2006
Aron Potash, February & March 2006
Joseph Portera, February & March 2006 (thrice)
You can see these artists' work on the side of the page, under "Others' work".
Would you like to take part in an impatientist session? John supplies the paints and the canvases (and sometimes the beer). He doesn't mind if you bring food. But you must cover costs for the canvas and for the paints you use (plus a fuel surcharge). Depending on the flow of the session, your cost will vary anywhere from ten to thirty dollars. Additional donations to The Paint Bag Fund are welcome.
Ray Wisdom, January 2006
Aron Potash, February & March 2006
Joseph Portera, February & March 2006 (thrice)
You can see these artists' work on the side of the page, under "Others' work".
Would you like to take part in an impatientist session? John supplies the paints and the canvases (and sometimes the beer). He doesn't mind if you bring food. But you must cover costs for the canvas and for the paints you use (plus a fuel surcharge). Depending on the flow of the session, your cost will vary anywhere from ten to thirty dollars. Additional donations to The Paint Bag Fund are welcome.
Impatientism
A painting need not take a long time to paint. A painting can be done in five minutes. We deny ourselves so much good art if we believe great art must take time. Some time, yes. Fifteen minutes, a half an hour. Or, twenty minutes here, twenty minutes there, one painting a week. If we each did one painting a week we would collectively awe at our covered walls.
It is not difficult. I use acrylic. I paint blind. I have painted on wood and cardboard. Canvas is prime but money spent on canvases each week adds up. Canvases wrapped around a wooden frame are great because you can hang them once the paint is dry. In such a case, paint the sides. Voila a painting.
My Christmas gifts this season are paintings I have done. Self-absorbed? Maybe, unless the paintings are good. (Some are some aren't.) But no money spent on stuff people might or might not like. Original art makes a good present. No money spent driving my SUV to the mall. No tough brain spells spent on decisions what or what not to buy someone.
Perpetuity. If I die tomorrow, by what will they remember me? My two degrees? My resumé? If each person I love has at least one of my paintings, I have some control over my legacy. I am leaving them something beautiful. And that makes me happier day-to-day.
I like acrylics. I don't use brushes. They are too hard to clean. I make strokes with my fingers and no two paintings are the same.
I paint blind. I pull a ski-cap over my eyes. I put my paints in a bag and I don't know what I'm pulling out. I just pull one, drop some paint. Put that tube down. Pull out another tube, drop some more paint. The problem, the fine line is this: you need to mix the paints because it produces intriguing results, like blown glass, one color inside another. Like a fly in amber. But if you mix the paints too much you get mud. I can go outside after rain and see mud. I don't need to put it on my wall.
I let things dry and cure. Takes a good week. Then I spray varnish. Supposedly the can contains no CFC's.
You can paint nothing or something. Painting nothing means just spreading paint around. Beatiful paintings are possible but sometimes you will be disappointed. If so, just whitewash and try again the next day.
You can paint something by keeping an image in your head as you move the paint around. I have painted a portrait of a friend and a geographic image of the nation of Iraq.
If you see a listed painting that you like, and if the price is right, send me an e-mail (randall_john@hotmail.com) and we'll work out the details.
*Note: The term impatientism was coined by Ray Wisdom in November 2005 as I explained it to him on the phone.
It is not difficult. I use acrylic. I paint blind. I have painted on wood and cardboard. Canvas is prime but money spent on canvases each week adds up. Canvases wrapped around a wooden frame are great because you can hang them once the paint is dry. In such a case, paint the sides. Voila a painting.
My Christmas gifts this season are paintings I have done. Self-absorbed? Maybe, unless the paintings are good. (Some are some aren't.) But no money spent on stuff people might or might not like. Original art makes a good present. No money spent driving my SUV to the mall. No tough brain spells spent on decisions what or what not to buy someone.
Perpetuity. If I die tomorrow, by what will they remember me? My two degrees? My resumé? If each person I love has at least one of my paintings, I have some control over my legacy. I am leaving them something beautiful. And that makes me happier day-to-day.
I like acrylics. I don't use brushes. They are too hard to clean. I make strokes with my fingers and no two paintings are the same.
I paint blind. I pull a ski-cap over my eyes. I put my paints in a bag and I don't know what I'm pulling out. I just pull one, drop some paint. Put that tube down. Pull out another tube, drop some more paint. The problem, the fine line is this: you need to mix the paints because it produces intriguing results, like blown glass, one color inside another. Like a fly in amber. But if you mix the paints too much you get mud. I can go outside after rain and see mud. I don't need to put it on my wall.
I let things dry and cure. Takes a good week. Then I spray varnish. Supposedly the can contains no CFC's.
You can paint nothing or something. Painting nothing means just spreading paint around. Beatiful paintings are possible but sometimes you will be disappointed. If so, just whitewash and try again the next day.
You can paint something by keeping an image in your head as you move the paint around. I have painted a portrait of a friend and a geographic image of the nation of Iraq.
If you see a listed painting that you like, and if the price is right, send me an e-mail (randall_john@hotmail.com) and we'll work out the details.
*Note: The term impatientism was coined by Ray Wisdom in November 2005 as I explained it to him on the phone.
